Adobe SoundBooth

SoundBooth, a slight knockoff name of Apple's PhotoBooth? Regardless, it isn't what you think. Long ago, in the late 90's, there was a company called Macromedia and they had a splendid app called SoundEdit-16. It was easy to use, powerful, small, and could have had longer legs. It never did get the .mp3 file support it needed. Macromedia had a much loved app that many swore by, and they let it die, like many of their apps, a slow death of neglect.
Fast forward to almost a decade later... Adobe bought Macromedia out of fear of Microsoft. Adobe is also looking for new ways to compete. They've kind of decided to be the Apple software of the Windows market, but release most of their apps for Mac OS as well.
Well, Sound Edit-16 lives! Adobe has rebranded it and updated it and will include it free with future suites of its apps. That makes sense, because back in the late '99-2000 era, Macromedia did the same thing. But if anyone was wondering where this app came from, now you know.
Still, for the money, you can't beat Freeverse's Sound Studio 3. It more than does what it needs to do. And Freeverse makes very good software. (and supports it well, ADOBE!)